The Gospel for Everyone
The Gospel is a message for everyone – but often our church meetings and our outreach appeal to just one type of person.
How can we reach out more effectively to the growing variety of people in our culture?
We are delighted to welcome Hugh Palmer from All
Souls who will start our day with an exposition from
1 Corinthians 9. Rico Tice brings us some stimulating
thinking about practical ways we can train ourselves to
connect with people – both in personal conversation,
and in preaching and speaking.
This year we are offering seminars in both the morning and the afternoon sessions. We are repeating the two main seminars on reaching men, and preaching in a way that speaks to women, and offering four others on more specialised areas of outreach.
The day finishes with an evangelistic talk designed to showcase how we can speak in ways that connect with a variety of people.
Programme
10.00 Welcome & introduction Rico Tice
10.15 All things to all men! Hugh Palmer
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Making the connection Rico Tice
12.00 Seminar streams 1
1.00 Lunch
2.00 Seminar streams 2
3.00 Refreshments
3.30 Hitting the mark:
preaching that connects
4.15 Summary & depart
Seminar Streams
SEMINAR A: Reaching Men: church that connects with men. Tim Hanson.
Church statistics suggest that we are failing to reach men with the Gospel. Tim shares his experience of building a church that connects with men.
SEMINAR B: Preaching that speaks to women. Helen Thorne.
Gain some insight and ideas
on how our evangelistic outreach can connect more relevantly with women.
SEMINAR C: Reaching Muslims. Andrew Raynes.
Practical strategies for bringing the Gospel nonconfrontationally
to the Muslims in your area.
SEMINAR D: Connecting with Creatives. Chris Green and Giles Fouhy.
Artistic and creative people often
process information in a different way. How can we speak the Gospel and “do church” in ways they relate to?
SEMINAR E: Reaching Teens. Trevor Pearce.
There is more than one youth culture! Trevor shares his
experience of different ways of reaching out to a variety of teen types.
SEMINAR F: The Gospel and people with learning disabilities.
Encouragement, ideas and stories on how
the Gospel is good news for this often forgotten section of society.
Click here to book for the Southern conference at All Souls Langham Place on 11th October
Click here to book for the Southern conference at Leyland on the13th October